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Issues in Science and Technology

  • Design for a “Mess”
    by Jay Lloyd
    “The world is a mess,” reads the opening sentence of the blurb for Don Norman’s latest book, Design for a Better World. Compelled by that phrase, I was left wondering: Does Norman,… Read More The post Design for a “Mess” appeared first on Issues in Science and Technology.
  • “Ghosts” Making the World a Better Place
    by Issues
    In “Bring on the Policy Entrepreneurs” (Issues, Winter 2024), Erica Goldman proposes that “every graduate student in the hard sciences, social sciences, health, and engineering should be able to learn… Read More The post “Ghosts” Making the World a Better Place appeared first on Issues in Science and Technology.

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Nautilus

  • A Model Toadlet
    by Katie Garrett
    A tiny, charismatic frog in Brazil is revealing secrets of a killer fungus. The post A Model Toadlet appeared first on Nautilus.
  • An A to Z of Hungry Killer Whales
    by Catherine DeNardo
    This unique community of orcas is starving to death. The post An A to Z of Hungry Killer Whales appeared first on Nautilus.

New Humanist

  • Rise of the fanatics: New Humanist's summer 2024 issue is out now
    The summer 2024 issue of New Humanist is on sale now! This issue we're delving in to the rise of the religious right, from the US to Israel. Subscribe to the print edition for just £27 a year or buy a single issue online and in all good newsagents. Read on for a peek inside […]
  • Divided Israel
    In early March, Yitzhak Yosef – chief rabbi of Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Sephardi community – caused an uproar. Speaking at his weekly lecture, he suggested that Israel’s survival depended more on prayers than military might. He also made what could appear to be a threat. “If they force us to go to the army, we’ll all […]

Inside The New Space Race, with Nicholas Schmidle – With Reason

As mainstream space tourism grows ever more likely, New Yorker writer Nicholas Schmidle tells Niki Seth-Smith about life inside the new space race, as explored in his new book 'Test Gods'.  What motivates men like Bezos, Branson and Musk? How does the approach to risk in private business compare with that at NASA? And should we be looking to space at all, with so much unresolved here on planet earth? Plus, Nicholas reflects on fatherhood and masculinity, including the life of his father: a fighter pilot and Top Gun grad. Podcast listeners get a year's subscription to New Humanist magazine for just £13.50 by using the offer code WITHREASON. Subscribe now.**Recorded in August 2021**Further reading: 'Test Gods: Tragedy and Triumph in the New Space Race' (2021), Nicholas Schmidle'The Right Stuff' (1979), Tom Wolfe'In Praise of Astronauts' (2013) Paul Sims for New Humanist magazine
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